Presence by Naki O. is a podcast about making space and taking space.

In media and popular culture, the corporate experience of Black, Indigenous and people of colour are limited to the telling and re-telling of their respective marginalization’s and oppressions.

Season One of Presence by Naki O. is dedicated to Black presence on Bay Street (a proxy for influential corporate institutions and spaces). This season’s aspiration: Black listeners leave more equipped to navigate the hallways of power with tools that support their personal resilience, activate success and ultimately give them and non-Black listeners, tools to drive towards more equitable working environments.

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Episode 05: Brokering Blackness

In this special episode, Naki Osutei shares a piece she did as part of Voices From the 6.

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Episode 04: Location, Location, Location (Part 2)

Aidan Sykes (Sony Music) reflects on how his experiences with racism in his own neighbourhood affected his early journey.

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Episode 03: Location, Location, Location (Part 1)

Kevin's Johnson, CEO of Mediacom candidly shares inflection points that helped along his journey to the C-suite.

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Episode 02: Super Tokens and Cluster Hires

If you don't want to be a supertoken, you bring others along the journey with you!

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Episode 01: The Prologue - Staying Black on Bay Street

Naki unpacks what staying Black on Bay Street means to her.